"A high schooler encounters racism when he tries to go to prom"
http://themoth.org/posts/episodes/1503
I am freaking out about the first story in this hour - listen to the short interview afterwards, it's also so, so incredible.
Wow this was a powerful story.
It's what he says at the end, about how he understood that things like Prom were not for people like him - so so so so so so so so so real. SO REAL. America is sort of like 'hi, I'm super accessible, just come over here' but it's really like 'hi, I will let you join in if you can conform and become sort of white and pretend to have no cultural history outside of the US? But I am accessible because anyone who can do that can join in'.
Wow this was a powerful story.
It's what he says at the end, about how he understood that things like Prom were not for people like him - so so so so so so so so so real. SO REAL. America is sort of like 'hi, I'm super accessible, just come over here' but it's really like 'hi, I will let you join in if you can conform and become sort of white and pretend to have no cultural history outside of the US? But I am accessible because anyone who can do that can join in'.
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